{"id":591823,"date":"2026-06-06T12:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/06\/591823\/billions-of-tons-of-water-flooded-towns-and-villages-anniversary-of-the-russians-terrorist-attack-on-the-kakhovka-hydroelectric-power-plant\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:13:41","slug":"billions-of-tons-of-water-flooded-towns-and-villages-anniversary-of-the-russians-terrorist-attack-on-the-kakhovka-hydroelectric-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/06\/591823\/billions-of-tons-of-water-flooded-towns-and-villages-anniversary-of-the-russians-terrorist-attack-on-the-kakhovka-hydroelectric-power-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Billions of tons of water flooded towns and villages: anniversary of the Russians' terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, June 6<\/strong>, Ukraine commemorates the anniversary of one of Russia’s largest terrorist attacks in this war. On the night of June 6, 2023<\/strong> the occupiers blew up the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant<\/strong>, causing a catastrophe whose consequences will remain in the country’s history forever.<\/p>\n

In a single night the Russians destroyed not only a strategic object but an entire water system on which cities, villages, farms, households, irrigation, ecosystems and people’s lives in the south of Ukraine<\/strong> depended. After the dam was blown up, billions of tons of water from the Kakhovka Reservoir<\/strong> rushed downstream. About 600 km\u00b2<\/strong> of territory was submerged. To grasp the scale – that’s roughly the size of the entire Kyiv<\/strong> within its administrative boundaries.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people were left homeless. Some settlements were flooded completely or almost completely. On the territory controlled by Ukraine<\/strong> there are reports of 31 fatalities<\/strong>. On the occupied left bank the real number of victims is still impossible to establish. The situation became especially terrible in Oleshky<\/strong>, which was captured by Russian forces. According to various reports, only there between 200<\/strong> and 300 people<\/strong> may have died. The occupiers prevented full evacuation, concealed the scale of the tragedy, removed bodies and, according to locals, falsified causes of death.<\/p>\n

The Kakhovka Reservoir<\/strong> was the largest in Ukraine<\/strong> by water volume – about 18 km\u00b3<\/strong>. That is almost seven times<\/strong> more than the volume of the Kyiv Sea<\/strong>. Its destruction was a blow to water supply, agriculture, energy, the environment and whole communities in the south. The catastrophe also affected Mykolaiv Oblast<\/strong>. In the first days after the explosion water rose in the waters of Mykolaiv<\/strong> and nearby communities, changed river flows, created risks for industrial facilities and once again reminded how closely our region is connected to the southern water system.<\/p>\n

Over time the water receded, and on the site of the former reservoir the natural restoration of Velykyi Luh<\/strong> began – a historical and ecological area that had been underwater for decades. Where there had recently been an artificial reservoir, vegetation has reappeared and a large wooded ecosystem is forming. But natural recovery does not erase the crime. The blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP<\/strong> was an act of terror, ecocide and a deliberate strike against the civilian population. Russia did not destroy the dam by accident or because of an “accident”, but as part of a war against Ukraine<\/strong> – a war against people, cities, nature, water and the future.<\/p>\n

This day must remain a day of remembrance for the dead and a reminder that Russia’s crimes have no statute of limitations. The water receded, but the scar from this catastrophe will remain in the south of Ukraine<\/strong> forever.
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